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How Baby Wearing Found Me
Written by Little Things in Common member, Danica
Do you believe in love at first sight?? I didn’t, until one morning I had stumbled across a random competition on a social media site.The title was WIN THIS DESIGNER WRAP!What the heck is a wrap?Now, I ...

By Lauren Pykett
A pregnant friend of mine recently asked me this: “What was the time when you truly realised your life had changed since having your baby?” Hmmm... I cast my mind back and thought about those very early days of sleep deprivation, the way I would cry uncontrollab...

Dear baby,
Before I had you, my body was different. It was less stretchy, less wobbly and it worked just a little bit better.
But here’s the thing. I had a rocky relationship with my body and before you came I spent close to 15 years trying to make it better. You see, fo...

This week's blog entry is from our Little Things in Common member, Sarah.
Sarah is a 26 year old mother of two little girls (3 yo and 5months old), who finished studying a few months ago. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies and Anthropology.
Sarah is originally from Fra...

I am packing my bags for four nights away for our family of four to Mission beach. This is now a mammoth task packing for a baby, toddler & husband who is away in Brisbane and arrives home at midnight, the morning before we leave. The weather is forecast for rain, so need to ba...

Written by Julia
I am getting better at being a mum.
At mother’s group the other day, someone very smart said something very sensible (I don’t mean me.) She mentioned that a friend of hers who is a new mum is s.t.ruggling. Apparently she’s really into controlling things...

HOW I GOT MY PRE BABY BODY BACK
Written by Little Things in Common member, Sharon.
I’m going to share with you the secret to how I got my pre-baby body back.
I didn’t.
And I never will. And I’m now ok with this. And I want to share with you my journey of...

Breastfeeding is hard
Before I had a baby, I specifically remember asking the question: “What is so hard about breastfeeding?” Don’t hate me. The question came out of genuine curiosity and in the hope that I could prepare myself for what was to come.
I didn’t get an ans...

WHAT TO EXPECT ONCE YOU HAVE DELIVERED –
FIVE THINGS YOU WISH YOU KNEW!
Written by Little Things in Common member Sharon E
1. Midwives and Nurses will touch your boobs. A lot.
In the early days of breastfeeding, it can be helpful to hand express colostrum (the pre-cursor to milk tha...

The Global Mum's Club
I don’t remember signing up to the Global Mum’s Club.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m flattered to be in such good company and all.
But I don’t want it to define me. Why is it that the moment I daggy dance, or use ziplock bags or God forbid cut...

'Labour' is an understatement
Written by Julia L
My baby was five days late. Over that five days (of which four were over 40 degrees), I walked multiple ks every day, got acupuncture three times, went swimming twice and ate curry every night. Nothing worked. I was pretty frustrated over those f...

The five people you meet as a new parent.
Written by Julia L
On this new planet I’m living on, I’ve met so many new people. Some have been particularly wonderful and others have been shithouse. Totally, totally, shithouse.
I thought I’d break them down for my own entertainme...

Motivation is the Key
Written by Dannie Price of Priceless PT
This weekend just gone I had an amazing opportunity to partake in an hour and a half bootcamp with Steve Willis (The Commando from Australia’s Biggest Loser). Throughout the session Steve was incredibly encouraging and kno...

Why would you have a baby?
Let’s be honest, in a lot of ways life was better before I had a baby.
More specifically, sometimes it feels like my days were more enjoyable in my old life.
Let’s look at this in more detail shall we? Sleeping in is nicer than being woken up by a...

So you're pregnant or trying to get pregnant and it looks like you may be spending the winter carrying around a big beautiful baby bump.
You need clothes, but you don’t know where to start because, well, you have never carried a growing baby under your jumper, so you don’t know quite ho...